Friday, 15 January 2016

Carlton Marsh

Today's best birds were; Woodcock, Buzzard hunting down a Rabbit, but missed it! Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, WillowTit, Shoveler pair, Tufted Duck 1m 2f, Water Rail, 2 Little Grebe and the Goldeneye female.
As dusk approached 28 Yellow Buntings came to roost and a Barn owl was hunting over the marsh.

Cudworth birder J. B. Baranowski gave me this bird ring earlier in the week, here are the details that have just arrived from the BTO

Ring Number: MA10096 Raven (Corvus corax)

This bird was ringed by Sorby Breck RG as age nestling, sex unknown on 26-Apr-2015 09:30:00 at Crowden, Derbyshire, UK

OS Map reference SK0799 accuracy 0, co-ordinates 53deg 29min N 1deg 54min W accuracy 0.

Colour Marks unin leg It was found on 18-Oct-2015 time unknown at Langsett Moors, South Yorkshire, UK

OS Map reference SE1800 accuracy 0, co-ordinates 53deg 30min N 1deg 44min W accuracy 0.

Finding condition: Freshly dead in pristine condition

It was found 175 days after it was ringed, 12 km from the ringing site, direction E.

J.B. Baranowski

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